Improved peg-feed stops fob  pegging-maohinery



S. A. lHOL'I .AND C. H. WILLIAMS, AOF HUDSON, MASSACHUSETTS..-

Letters Patent No. 81,2-75, dated August 18, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it kno'wn that we, S. A. I-IOLT and C. H. WILLIAMS, ot' Hudson, in the'eounty oi' Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new und useful Improvements in Peg-Feed Stops for PcggingMachinesg and we d o hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference' marked thereon.

The natuxe of our invention consists in combining, with a pcgging-machine, a lever, so arranged with the other parts of the machine, and with a sliding wedge and spring or weight, that the instant the shoe is removed from the machine, the peg-feeding feed-pawl is thrown out of gear, and consequently no more pegsv are fed to the machine.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we will proceed to describe its construction and use.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is aperspective view of that part of a pegging-machine to which our invention relates.

Figure 2 is a plan of the under side of thc same. n

Figure 3 represents, by a, a section through the feeding power, and by b, an elevation of the sliding wedge.

As our invention relates entirely to the peg-feed stop of a pegging-machine, we lshall describe only that part of the machine.

E, figs. 1 and 2,is a ratchet-wheel, whichjacting through gears E and E, causes the peg-feed rollernot shown, to revolve. These wheels, namely, the ratchet-wheel E and the gears E and E", vibrate with the part B of the machine in the direction indicated bythe arrows, x, iigs.1 and 2. But the pawl a a is affixed to the stationary part of the machinehy the pivot Zr', iig. 2, so that when it is in position indicated by the red lines in iig. 2, its point willcome in contact with the ratchet-wheel, E, and, operating through that wheel, thus actu' ate the peg-feeding device.

If the pawl d a is in the .position represented by the full lines, the ratchet-wheel can vibrate without coming in Contact with it, and consequently thcfecding-devicc will not be actuated.

Our invention consists in a device which will operate on th c ,pawl a a', and put it in position for actuatingr the wheel E when the shoe or boot is in positionto be acted upon-'by the machine, and will throw'the pawl out, and thus stop the feeding of the pegs when thc boot or shoe isremoved, so thatono pegs are wasted.

C C" is a lever, pivotcd at D, iig. 1, the forward end being formed as indicated at e, so that it may act as a guide for the shoe. c is a small projection extending from the end of the lever, which is' intended to rest upon the sole of the shoe, so that when the shoe is pressed upward, thc end C of the lever C C will also be moved up, which action will cause the end C to move downward,'nnd, acting through the screw or pin, S, will force down the wedge, b, figs. 1 and 3, thus leaving the pawl a a to spring into tho position represented by the dotted lines in iig. 2, that is, into such position that it will act uponthc ratchet-wheel E of the feeding-devico- The spring 'l serves to hold up tho wedge, b, and thus to keep back thc pawl a a when `the lever C C is not acted upon by the shoe.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Iatent of the United States, is

The lever C C', or its equivalent, for actuating the pawl a a', substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth S. A. HOLT, C. H. WILLIAMS.

Wi tnesses:

Guo. S. RAwsoN, W. F. Tnownnlpes. 

